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A History of the County of Essex
… 2 ploughs, suggesting a slight increase in the area under cultivation. The 19 sokemen had 2 ploughs. Total stock grew …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and comprises 2694 a. 21 p., of which 2445 acres are under cultivation. The living is a rectory, once in medieties …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… are now under pasture but have probably been developed by cultivation and other usage on natural shelves. On the middle …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… comprise an extensive tract of fertile land, in the cultivation of which the inhabitants are mostly employed. The …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… employed in agricultural pursuits, especially in the cultivation of teasel, of which great quantities are produced …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… diversified, the soil fertile, and the lands are in good cultivation. A suspension-bridge was erected over the Tees, … is luxuriantly fertile, and in the highest state of cultivation. The manufacture of paper is carried on to a very …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… the land north of the Shropshire Canal was under arable cultivation, while some pasture and meadow lay at either end … 1870s. In 1891, however, c. 240 a. remained under arable cultivation with a further 330 a. under grass. 74 After the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… probably implies the recent or continued expansion of cultivation, and Wrockwardine's value had risen from £6 13 s. … on the Wrockwardine demesne in 1367, 68 but arable cultivation had perhaps become less profitable in the earlier …